METASTATE

What this is

The waterfall is a physically-grounded demonstration model of the Schumann resonances — the global electromagnetic standing waves in the cavity between Earth's surface and the ionosphere, with a fundamental near 7.83 Hz and harmonics at roughly 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8 Hz. It is generated in your browser from those mode frequencies with realistic drift, 1/f background, and transient spikes. It is not a live measurement feed; it is a faithful model used as a continuously-running test signal.

What METASTATE does to it

Every few frames the latest spectral column is fed to the METASTATE kernel. It computes free energy F(t) (surprise against its temporal prior), causal coherence 𝒞(t), the spectral slope β, and an EML symbolic fit. It keeps a short look-back window, forms a one-step prediction of the next column, and reports the prediction error — correcting its recognition density continuously so the analysis tracks the signal in real time. A spike that the prior cannot absorb raises F(t) and 𝒞(t) together and is flagged.

Why this is a perfect proof-of-concept

The Schumann resonances are real, measurable, globally shared, and have shown notable variability in recent years — exactly the regime where an anomaly detector earns its keep. They are a single, well-characterised signal with known structure, so departures from that structure are interpretable. That makes them an ideal public demonstration of the kernel: known baseline, occasional genuine anomalies, no proprietary data required.

The hijacking hypothesis — stated honestly

There is a real scientific literature on geomagnetic and ELF (extremely-low-frequency) influences on human physiology: heart-rate variability and other measures show statistical correlations with geomagnetic activity in several studies, and the brain's own rhythms overlap the Schumann band. Some propose, more speculatively, that the resonance field could be modulated or "hijacked" — naturally or deliberately — in ways that affect cognition at a distance. This is a hypothesis, not established fact. We flag it as speculative. What is legitimate is the measurement question: is the field behaving anomalously, and can we detect it falsifiably? That is precisely what METASTATE answers, with explicit priors, rather than asserting a cause.

Research routes

This connects naturally to programmes like the Global Consciousness Project (GCP / EGG Project), which aggregates distributed random-number generators worldwide and tests for departures from chance around globally significant events. METASTATE offers a complementary instrument: a free-energy anomaly score over a shared physical signal, combinable across stations, with predictions and error-correction in short look-back intervals. Candidate routes: multi-station fusion, correlation of 𝒞(t) spikes with geomagnetic indices, and pre-registered tests against GCP-style event windows.

Demonstration model. Not medical, geophysical, or diagnostic advice. The "hijacking" framing is presented as a hypothesis some propose, not as a claim of fact.